Inspired By Light
Hope
Posted by P J W Miller (Chase Terrace, United Kingdom) on 7 May 2009 in Architecture and Portfolio.
When I was walking around the abbey I could not help but notice at various places there were plants growing on the near soil naked stonework. It made me think of hope. The post treatment to get the looming stormy skies made this all the more relevant to me.
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Scott Schilling from San Martin, United States
This is such a wonderful composition! It is perfect and the flower is a great addition to the scene! Wonderful work on this one!
7 May 2009 5:21am
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
A beautifully composed and processed image Pete.
The flower looks like a Wall Flower to me and if so, it's the first time i've seen it actually living up to it's name. 5 stars for this one :)
7 May 2009 6:17am
Nina from Haute Loire, France
Yes, the sky adds to the intensity of the atmosphere, it is beautiful rès this picture!
7 May 2009 6:31am
-C16H25NØ2- from Persia, Iran
wow !!!
great and great
i love this shot very much...where is it???
the perspective is so lovely and amazing,the yellow flower mades ma a mad...
i really love this dreamy and excellent hdr image
7 May 2009 6:42am
k@ from Paris, France
Yes, some hope by the long time dead stones ! And your vantage point with that foreground is very efficient ! Great perspective & atmosphere*
7 May 2009 6:53am
Craig from Vacaville, California, United States
Cool plants to grow under such stark conditions! Great shot!
7 May 2009 7:39am
Sarito from Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Beautiful image... like the way you framed with the flowers in the foreground.
7 May 2009 8:16am
SePp from Trier, Germany
Great work. A little bit more blur in the background woudl be nice. I think the background should be sharp or completly in blur but not only a little bit :-)
Greets SePp
7 May 2009 8:26am
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Very beautiful composition. I like very much the background of old stones and clouy sky, and these beautiful flowers in the foreground, very sharp and intense colored.
7 May 2009 10:08am
Lee from Fort Frances Ontario, Canada
Composed well, processed wonderfully. Thanks for the narrative. Very professional.
7 May 2009 11:16am
xavier cardell from menorca-barcelona, Spain
Good job here. Excellent post process
7 May 2009 12:23pm
Hidalgo from Herunen, Finland
I like that stormy sky and flowers which compelete the scenery and the old abbey.
7 May 2009 12:23pm
shoti from Everywhere in the, Philippines
I think of the same whenever I see flowers growing somewhere they shouldn't be, hope. those clouds magnify the hardships that the flower seems to go through. good luck to the flower hehe great shot Pete!
7 May 2009 12:30pm
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Your title speaks volumes. The splash of yellow from the flowers really adds emotion to this shot. Beautiful.
7 May 2009 12:39pm
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
Wow, Peter, this is such a beautifully expressive image with great depth of feeling!!!! Wonderful DOF and treatment!
7 May 2009 1:41pm
Mariana from waterloo, Canada
Excellent HOPE photo. Perfect composition and flower means a lot in this photo under your selected title !
7 May 2009 1:45pm
john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Superb composition. Exquisite processing.
7 May 2009 2:02pm
Don from spokane, United States
You moved around and found a fine spot from which to shoot. This is an excellent composition. I like the massive stone work and the plant growing out of what appears to be "nothing" combine to make a very effective image.
7 May 2009 3:01pm
B. Thomas from Arlington, Texas, United States
Wow, great composition, dramatic sky, perspective leading the eye to the distance, and a nice flower in the foreground. You rock on this one!
7 May 2009 3:29pm
Ajay from Pune, India
Exceptionally beautiful composition. An old structure, flower growing out of a rock and a stormy sky are very well placed in the frame.
7 May 2009 3:35pm
Ted from South Wales, United Kingdom
This is a super shot...but mischievously, I have an image of you walking around like Morrisey (showing my age) with a bunch of wallflowers in your back pocket waiting to strike!
7 May 2009 4:40pm
Pavan Kaul from Mumbai, India
A wonderful image on all counts..LOVE the flower and it's title role:)
7 May 2009 5:46pm
jeff (aka dogilicious) from Millerstown, PA, United States
Well done image. I like your analogy.
7 May 2009 7:14pm
observing from North West, United Kingdom
Hope......... sometimes that's all we have. Superb shot, and the abbey looks a really interesting place.
7 May 2009 8:37pm
Vinman from Essex, United Kingdom
Yes, it's amazing how these plants manage to get a foothold (so to speak) in such tiny little pockets of earth. I found a similar example at Tintern Abbey.
7 May 2009 10:51pm
DarkElf from Perth, Australia
this is one of my favourites yet! wonderful composition and quite a telling contrast and story captured here! the fresh flowers against a decaying structure are a fine way of conveying hope as you have titled this photo! the focus on the flowers is perfectly justified and it works magnificently!
8 May 2009 7:13am
aneesh from India
u cannot ran away from this picture. jst be there n love it. cool capture and framing
cheers
8 May 2009 6:47pm
Cricket from Alabama, United States
Very mystical feeling to this image. Just lovely.
9 May 2009 2:30am
